People cast absentee ballots at Kalamazoo City Hall on Monday. For Election Day on Tuesday, Kalamazoo-area churches are collaborating to provide rides to the polls.Mark Bugnaski | MLive

KALAMAZOO, MI -- Several Kalamazoo churches are working together to provide voters free rides to the polls on Election Day.

The Rev. Addis Moore, pastor at Mt. Zion Baptist Church, said about 20 to 25 churches of the Northside Ministerial Alliance have donated their church vans and buses for the cause. They see it as a non-partisan, countywide effort to give voters access.

"We really want everybody to vote," Moore said. "We don't want anybody to not vote because they don't have transportation or can't get to the polls."

Moore said the service will start in the morning and will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. He hopes it especially will be valuable to the elderly population and people with physical challenges.

Anyone interested in receiving a ride should call 269-388-8801 on Tuesday. That number rings into Mt. Zion, and volunteers will dispatch transportation to pick up voters.

Emily Monacelli is a local government reporter for the Kalamazoo Gazette. Contact her at emonacel@mlive.com. Follow her on Twitter.